Crystal River current. [volume] (Crystal, Colo.) 1886-18??, 1887-09-17
MINING MATTERS.

The building of the forty stamp mill for
the Antioch mine is advancing at salts
factory rate, and in short time the gold
product of this district will be increased
$1,000 to Fl 500 a day-The Mining Indus
try.
The gold excitement at Mt Shavano is
dying out. Little work can be done on the
mountain before next spring, although
some prospectors remain on the ground A
number of shafts have been sunk with some
prospects of success. Difficulty is also an
ticipated in getting a sufficient supply of
water to work the mines, if any are found.
The placer men over the State have been
quite active during the present year, but
their work has generally been of a prepare
tory character for next seasons work
rather than for large output this year.
The placer gold interests therefore are in a
more promising condition than for MANY
years in this State.-Mining Industry.
1t is safe to say that there would be en-
ployed five times as many men sinking
shafts to mineral as there now are were it
not for the apex bugaboo. The more mine
the better for all, and for one set of men to
hold au outcrop and from it scoop the
whole country would be well for the few
and the masses could go abegging.-Aspen
Times.
Leadville's future as mining district is
more promising to day than at any time for
years past, despite the distressing situation
of the smelling interests. Notwithstand-
ing the fact that less furnaces are in blast
here now than at any time in the past, the
number of producing mines is increasing,
and shipments Of ore from Leadviile mines
are in excess of past Notwithstanding In
dustry.
The Aspen Mining and Smelling Com
pany will have tramways and horse rail-
roads SO bull that all the mineral extract
ed from the company's properties will be
taken down through the Veteran and En-
terprise tunnels to the sampling works,
where it will be sampled, then dumped into
the railway cars for shipment. The COM
pany is making preparations to ship about
100 tons of ore per day.-Aspen Times.
The Sheridan Company have received the
machinery of holster, pump and 80 horse
power engine, which is now being con-
veyed to the MENDOZA mine, and will be
employed in sinking the deep shaft to con-
meet with the pr, posed great tunnel. This
mately to be constructed, if the sinking on
the vein is attended with the satisfactory
results anticipated Republican
The ]. X. l.. main shaft is now 80 feet
deep, and another contract for an addition
al so feet has been let, the contractors hav-
Ing commenced work. The vein matter
has changed considerably of late, and now
carries ri cuOus ore. This will probably
give way in sinking an additional so feet to
better class of ore. Mr.. Paxton while in
Denver will secure heavier plant ma
chinery with which to prosecute deeper de-
velOpmeDt of the mine. The workings of
the lselden tunnel will drain this mine to a
depth of Mt least 400 feet if not to a greater
depth.-R ,gister Call
The dividend of $4,000 declared by the
Dnnken mine last month will be paid Sep
TENDER 18th. Manager schumacher has
settled for over soj.oOO worth of ore since
August nth. Fifty tons of iron ore on
Wednesday melted 81 $50 and one lot of
scventy-five tons netted $4,000. The de-
velopments are most encouraging and now
that the connections have been made with
the different upraises, the work can be
more economically carried on than ever
most every piece of work done by Schu-
macher revealing new ore bodies which pan
out remarkably rich. A small pocket of
suphides was struck Thursday, from
which assays returned $500 ounces in sill
yer and So per cent. lead.-Leadville Dis
patch.
j. w. Fass is at presentdriving ahead on
the Daisy tunnel and is daily adding to the
already large ore pile on the dump. This
mine shows large bodies of ore, some of it
runs as high as $50 ounces of silver, but the
greater portion 80 and 40 ounces. Were
this mine in the hands of men capable of
working 1t properly and erecting suitable
works to treat the ores it would add a large
amount TO the annual productions of this
section. There are OIL the dumps between
100 and $50 tons of ore that will average 30
ounces of silver and 20 per cent. lead. And,
in fart, all of the dump stuff estimated at
1000 tons will average Is ounces in silver.
This material can be concentrated at very
small cost as there is everything needed
for such work in the immediate vicinity
Elk Mountain Pilot.
The near approach of the railroads raise
the question now and then, rs there ore
enOugh?" The discussion took place this
week in a circle comp sed of mine superin-
tendents and business men. A stranger
asked what time the railroads would reach
Aspen the reply was, sometime early in
October" The very conservative element
which never sees anything until it has been
demonstrated began to doubt the sufiiciency
OF the mineral ready for shipment. 1t
found number OF supporters, for man left
to himself ia seldom cOIlrap anus whom IN
spoke man whom all recognized as one
with authority. He said: when it comes
to talk of ore l am at home. The shipment
of ore is the source from which both rail-
roads mus derive their prosperity The